Thursday, September 18, 2014

Break the ice, fire and whatever

The clothing was more than necessary to keep her warm but
she felt cold. There was linger of her perfume in his jacket and all she could
feel were the goose bumps clearly appearing at every single drift of the
vehicle. She put her hands into his pockets and his helmet turned as a reaction
to it. She knew he was grinning inside. She wished that the whole world ceased
to end at that very moment.

The above passage is the most romantic set of lines I could
have ever come up with. Not that I have been trying to prove my caliber in
romances but I had to break all barriers in the clogged head to come up with
something. I am thoroughly lost in most parts of my life. And times when I am
not, I have coffee and vada pavs to think about. Yes, pavs in plural form.

I had my birthday last month and am sure that I have not
grown any wiser apart from few strands of white hair appearing. I do fear
wrinkles appearing now and then and if I had to replenish every Vaseline cream
stocks with Pond's ageing cream. But my pride doesn't agree that I am getting
older uselessly. So, I had to come with a list of things that past year left me
with.

Here it is, if it makes sense:

1. You need not have an opinion on every subject. Certain
validations can be done only in situations and in other person’s shoes. It is
fine to acknowledge and not accumulate it in your head. You need not counter
argue every statement you dislike. Silence, some times , can be the best
answer.

2. Being unmarried in late twenties is a crime. Be expected
to be bombarded with suggestions and advices on all things related to the holy
matrimony. This has been the reason that I never check my Facebook account at
home. My page has to be declared in the Limca book of records for holding
together hundreds of continuous marriage album in one stretch. If not adorned, then there would be all
honeymoon photos causing more heat in the layers of stomach (read ‘stomach
burn’). I could send a missile to every country on the map. I just realized
that this was the longest point in the entire post.

3. Terribly Tiny Tales page in Facebook is simply awesome.

4. How one gets closer to room mates, yet manages to keep a
distance. I am sure this is the best kind of relationship I have ever
experienced. And I am pretty sure my
roomies would never read this.

5. If one practices going to movies alone might find company
a little strange and will begin to make assumptions even before the movie
begins. On the contradictory, watching a movie alone frees one’s mind of any
preconceived notions. The nachos and cheese dip at PVR are the best.

6. Money is very important. Especially, if you live in
Bangalore and the last week of the month appears.

7. You can go to the same restaurant as many times as
possible and order the same dish over and over again just because your friend
loves it.

8. Birthday gifts are clear investments. You give what they
want and ask what you want.

9. Becoming fat or thin is never in your hands. You are the
unrecognized and misunderstood Indian Christian Bale.

10. All my travelling in the last year consisted only of
wedding attendances.

11. I have clearly stopped writing and still finding a good
excuse to lie to myself.

12. You are still not old to stop experimenting. Experiment
with hair colours, clothes, lifestyle , outdoor events. Be it anything.

This is all I could come up with 40 watts bulb over the head
and mosquitoes under the table. The year passed faster than what my minuscule brain
could get it. I am clearly hoping for a more adventurous year ahead. Even more
to a better writing.